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Re: [linuxtools-dev] Changing the PATH for execution of linuxtools commands
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: linuxtools-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:linuxtools-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Andrew Overholt
> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 3:03 PM
> To: Linux Tools developer discussions
> Subject: Re: [linuxtools-dev] Changing the PATH for execution
> of linuxtools commands
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> * Marc Khouzam <marc.khouzam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [2011-09-30 14:44]:
> > [...] we have a UI box in the launch configuration dialog that
> > defaults to 'gdb' but that the user can change to the location
> > she needs e.g., /home/user/bin/myOlderGDB
> >
> > I'm curious to know if this is something you considered?
>
> I'm not particularly involved in this PATH effort so take my comments
> with a grain of salt but I personally dislike this type of unnecessary
> UI cruft. I would much prefer to support this case of vendor
> tool SDKs
> through an extension point or some other non-UI mechanism if possible.
Yes, for vendor it makes sense to hide it under the hood, but I believe
this issue was a user problem, where the user herself wanted to choose
different versions at different times.
Marc
